In 2018, Palm Beach County, FL had a population of 1.49M people with a median age of 44.9 and a median household income of $61,691. Between 2017 and 2018 the population of Palm Beach County, FL grew from 1.47M to 1.49M, a 1.01% increase and its median household income grew from $60,057 to $61,691, a 2.72% increase.

The population of Palm Beach County, FL is 53.8% White Alone, 22.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 18% Black or African American Alone. 32.7% of the people in Palm Beach County, FL speak a non-English language, and 87.8% are U.S. citizens.

The median property value in Palm Beach County, FL is $299,800, and the homeownership rate is 70.6%. Most people in Palm Beach County, FL commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 24.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Palm Beach County, FL is 2 cars per household.

This chart presents movement trends over time in the state of Florida across different categories of places such as retail and recreation, groceries and pharmacies, parks, transit stations, workplaces, and residential.

Median household income in Palm Beach County, FL is $61,691. Males in Palm Beach County, FL have an average income that is 1.34 times higher than the average income of females, which is $46,612. The income inequality in Palm Beach County, FL (measured using the Gini index) is 0.474, which is lower than than the national average.

Households in Palm Beach County, FL have a median annual income of $61,691, which is less than the median annual income of $61,937 across the entire United States. This is in comparison to a median income of $60,057 in 2017, which represents a 2.72% annual growth.

The following chart shows how the median household income in Palm Beach County, FL compares to that of its neighboring and parent geographies.

The closest comparable wage GINI for Palm Beach County, FL is from Florida.

0.474

2018 Wage GINI

0.473

2017 Wage GINI

In 2018, the income inequality in Florida was 0.474 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.214% growth from 2017 to 2018, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even.

The 2018 the GINI for Florida was lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Florida in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Florida across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

In 2017, the tract with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Palm Beach County, FL was Census Tract 35.07 with a value of $201,042, followed by Census Tract 59.37 and Census Tract 77.13, with respective values of $193,333 and $150,577.

The following map shows all of the tracts in Palm Beach County, FL colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

13.4% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Palm Beach County, FL (189k out of 1.41M people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 13.1%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Females 55 - 64.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Palm Beach County, FL is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

From 2017 to 2018, employment in Palm Beach County, FL grew at a rate of 1.64%, from 681k employees to 693k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Palm Beach County, FL, are Sales & Related Occupations (85,019 people), Management Occupations (75,764 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (71,399 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Palm Beach County, FL.

The most common jobs held by residents of Palm Beach County, FL, by number of employees, are Sales & Related Occupations (85,019 people), Management Occupations (75,764 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (71,399 people).

Compared to other counties, Palm Beach County, FL has an unusually high number of residents working as Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (1.7 times higher than expected), Legal Occupations (1.44 times), and Personal Care & Service Occupations (1.32 times).

From 2017 to 2018, employment in Palm Beach County, FL grew at a rate of 1.64%, from 681k employees to 693k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Palm Beach County, FL, are Retail Trade (87,166 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (87,005 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (63,195 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Palm Beach County, FL, though some of these residents may live in Palm Beach County, FL and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

The most common industries in Palm Beach County, FL, by number of employees, are Retail Trade (87,166 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (87,005 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (63,195 people).

86.2% of the population of Palm Beach County, FL has health coverage, with 38.5% on employee plans, 12.5% on Medicaid, 17.2% on Medicare, 16.9% on non-group plans, and 1.18% on military or VA plans.

Per capita personal health care spending in the county of Palm Beach County, FL was $8,076 in 2014. This is a 5.05% increase from the previous year ($7,688).

Primary care physicians in Palm Beach County, FL see 1261 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.0794% increase from the previous year (1260 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1383 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 566 patients per year.

Comparing across all counties in the state, Gadsden County has the highest prevalence of diabetes (16.9%). Additionally, Liberty County has the highest prevalence of adult obesity (39.6%)

In 2016, West Virginia had the highest prevalence of adults with major depressive episode, with 8.26% of the population affected. The second highest is Arkansas (8.13%), followed by New Hampshire (7.98%).

The following map shows the percent of individuals with major depressive episode by state over multiple years.

In 2018, the median age of all people in Palm Beach County, FL was 44.9. Native-born citizens, with a median age of 43, were generally younger than than foreign-born citizens, with a median age of 47. But people in Palm Beach County, FL are getting getting older. In 2017, the average age of all Palm Beach County, FL residents was 45.

As of 2017, 23.8% of Palm Beach County, FL residents (351k people) were born outside of the United States, which is higher than the national average of 13.7%. In 2016, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Palm Beach County, FL was 23.1%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Palm Beach County, FL compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

As of 2018, 87.8% of Palm Beach County, FL residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2017, the percentage of US citizens in Palm Beach County, FL was 88.3%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Palm Beach County, FL compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

In 2018, there were 2.35 times more White Alone residents (799k people) in Palm Beach County, FL than any other race or ethnicity. There were 341k Hispanic or Latino and 268k Black or African American Alone residents, the second and third most common racial or ethnic groups.

The following bar chart shows the 8 races and ethnicities represented in Palm Beach County, FL as a share of the total population.

32.7% of Palm Beach County, FL citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is higher than the national average of 21.9%. In 2018, the most common non-English language spoken in Palm Beach County, FL was Spanish. 19.7% of the overall population of Palm Beach County, FL are native Spanish speakers. 5.67% speak Haitian and 1.15% speak Spanish, the next two most common languages.

In 2017, universities in Palm Beach County, FL awarded 19,666 degrees. The student population of Palm Beach County, FL is skewed towards women, with 31,088 male students and 43,109 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Palm Beach County, FL are White (7,898 and 41.5%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (5,072 and 26.6%), Black or African American (4,212 and 22.1%), and Asian (635 and 3.33%).

The median tuition costs in Palm Beach County, FL are $29,510 for private four year colleges, and $2,473 and $11,543 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

In 2017 the majority of degrees awarded at institutions in Palm Beach County, FL were to White students. These 7,898 degrees mean that there were 1.56 times more White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 5,072 degrees awarded.

The median property value in Palm Beach County, FL was $299,800 in 2018, which is 1.31 times larger than the national average of $229,700. Between 2017 and 2018 the median property value increased from $282,900 to $299,800, a 5.97% increase. The homeownership rate in Palm Beach County, FL is 70.6%, which is higher than the national average of 63.9%. People in Palm Beach County, FL have an average commute time of 24.6 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Palm Beach County, FL is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

In 2018, the median property value in Palm Beach County, FL grew to to $299,800 from the previous year's value of $282,900.

The following charts display, first, the property values in Palm Beach County, FL compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies and, second, owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property value buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Palm Beach County, FL the largest share of households have a property value in the $300k - $400k range.

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$61,691

Median Household Income

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552k

Number of Households

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In 2018, the median household income of the 552k households in Palm Beach County, FL grew to $61,691 from the previous year's value of $60,057.

The following chart displays the households in Palm Beach County, FL distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

This chart shows the households in Palm Beach County, FL distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Palm Beach County, FL the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

Using averages, employees in Palm Beach County, FL have a shorter commute time (24.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (25.7 minutes). Additionally, 2.61% of the workforce in Palm Beach County, FL have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Palm Beach County, FL compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

In 2018, the most common method of travel for workers in Palm Beach County, FL was Drove Alone (76.9%), followed by those who Carpooled (10.9%) and those who Worked At Home (7.18%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

The following chart displays the households in Palm Beach County, FL distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Palm Beach County, FL have 2 cars, followed by 1 car.